Improvement in shutter-fasteners



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MPETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D4 0.

IIBENEZER A. cooDEs, or" PHILADELPHIA,v PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 110,913, dated January 10, 11871.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHUTTER-FASTENERS.

Y The Schedule referred to 'in these Letters Patent and-.,maldng part ofthe same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Ennxnznn A. GooDEs, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and'usefi'rlfImf` proveinents in Fasteners' for Doors, Shutters, 85e.; and Ido l ereby declare thc following to bea .'elcar and exact descriptionthereof, sufiicient to enable others skilledf'n the art* to which `myinventionV appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing making part'of this specification, inwhichFigure' 1 is a front' view of the device illustrating my invention.

Figure 2 is a view of the under side thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thetwoligures. y y

My invention *has for its object the production of a durable andlsimplefastener for doors, shutters, 85e., and consists of a. self-'closinglatch, having a rntary motion, .and adapted' to engage one end of aswinging holt,.as hereinafter more fully set forth.

.By this'device I also overcome, the ditiiculty geuerally experienced.from the sagging of the shutter or door, which prevents the bolt fromstriking the socket.

In the drawingf A A represent the plates which are to be secured to theshutter, door, or other desirablel place.

To oneV of the parts, A, I connect, bya stud, B, a holt, C, which has aswinging motion, and is adapted to extend from said stud, as its.fulcruim s'uiciently over theplat-e A', and have fits/free end engagedby a latch, D. This latch` has va-rotary motion, having the stud B" onthe Aplate A' as its i'ulcrum.

The latch is'a fastener for the-bolt 0, and its inner face is cut awayto leave a beveled or rounded shoulder, Ijl, while another part isweighted, as at F, or engaged by a` spring inany suita-bleinanner.

The free end of the b'olt C is ronndedor beveled, as shown at G, whichend, when the bolt is being closed, will strike the 'shoulder E, andsubsequently catch under said shoulder while resting on the stud B2;

To the plat-es A Athcre project catches DD", secured to saidl plates,ythe catch D" serving to support the holt" when thrown haelt, while theother catches DD assist in holding the bolt when thrown forward andclosed.

It will be sccn that the weight or spring willalways rctainthe latch Din position, but when the bolt C is swung into place the end of thelatter will strike'the of the bolt, vholding it securely so that saidbolt cannot be raised except by turning the latch.

-In order to release the bolt the latch D must be turned in thedirectiiou away from the end ofthe bolt` C, whereby said end isuncovered, and the bolt may then be raised or swung up, thus permittingthe, opening of the shutter or door.

When the bolt is locked there Is no opportunity to release it from theoutside. It cannot be swung up owing te the latch D. It cannot hefor-eed down in consequence of the stud B". Itthis breaks, the catchesD' D are reliable. There can be nolongitndinal sliding motion, .owing tostud B in onev direction and the stud B in the other direction, whileinward and outward movements are resisted and prevented by the latch I),catches D D', and the stud It will readily be perceive-d that thefastening is protective. in the several ways as described, anzlcomplishes'its results by simple means.

It is not designed that the bolt O should be supported by the catches D'D', but they are so 4arranged that if the bolt was placed on them itwould fall bclow a horizontal line.

rIhe stud B" forms a rest for tile bolt, consequent] y the bolt andlatch .occupy the same positions relatively to each' other, even shouldthere be sagging of the shut-ter, door, or wood-work, which saggingcauses' great difliculty iu fastening the shutter or door, owing to theholtand its sockets being ontof` line of eacli other, and therefore notregistering. Said ditiicnlty is obviated by' this device.` l

Having thus described my invention, What l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is`

The self-closing latch D, having a rotary motion, and adapted to engageone end of a hinged bolt, substantiall y as and for the purposedescribed.

The above signed by ine this 30th day of November, 1870.

.EBENEZER A. GOODIES. ."itncsses:I

Jos. S. Bn'ows, J. PLANIIIN'PON.

